Vag"a*bond (?), a. [F., fr. L.
vagabundus, from vagari to stroll about, from vagus
strolling. See Vague.] 1. Moving from place to
place without a settled habitation; wandering. "Vagabond
exile." Shak.
2. Floating about without any certain direction;
driven to and fro.
To heaven their prayers
Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds
Blown vagabond or frustrate.
Milton.
3. Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or
vicious.
Vag"a*bond, n. One who wanders from
place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually
without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a
worthless person; a rascal.
A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be.
Gen. iv. 12.
&fist; In English and American law, vagabond is used in bad
sense, denoting one who is without a home; a strolling, idle, worthless
person. Vagabonds are described in old English statutes as "such as
wake on the night and sleep on the day, and haunt customable taverns and
alehouses, and routs about; and no man wot from whence they came, nor
whither they go." In American law, the term vagrant is employed in
the same sense. Cf Rogue, n., 1. Burrill.
Bouvier.
Vag"a*bond, v. i. To play the vagabond;
to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.
On every part my vagabonding sight
Did cast, and drown mine eyes in sweet delight.
Drummond.
Vag"a*bond (?), a. [F., fr. L.
vagabundus, from vagari to stroll about, from vagus
strolling. See Vague.] 1. Moving from place to
place without a settled habitation; wandering. "Vagabond
exile." Shak.
2. Floating about without any certain direction;
driven to and fro.
To heaven their prayers
Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds
Blown vagabond or frustrate.
Milton.
3. Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or
vicious.
Vag"a*bond, n. One who wanders from
place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually
without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a
worthless person; a rascal.
A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be.
Gen. iv. 12.
&fist; In English and American law, vagabond is used in bad
sense, denoting one who is without a home; a strolling, idle, worthless
person. Vagabonds are described in old English statutes as "such as
wake on the night and sleep on the day, and haunt customable taverns and
alehouses, and routs about; and no man wot from whence they came, nor
whither they go." In American law, the term vagrant is employed in
the same sense. Cf Rogue, n., 1. Burrill.
Bouvier.
Vag"a*bond, v. i. To play the vagabond;
to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.
On every part my vagabonding sight
Did cast, and drown mine eyes in sweet delight.
Drummond.
